It’s the damndest thing, Brett Keisel was saying the other day. In the past eight years, he has raised more than $500,000 for Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. “Just by having people come out to see a man’s beard being cut!”
It’s a Pittsburgh thing.
Keisel’s eighth annual Shear Da Beard extravaganza happens Friday night (Feb. 16) at Jergel’s Rhythm Grille in Warrendale. It has been three years since he retired from the Steelers, but that hasn’t lessened the popularity of the event. Nor has it lessened his enthusiasm for it.
“We try to make it a night to remember.